"bau" meaning in Malay

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Noun

IPA: /bau/ Forms: باءو [Jawi], bau-bau [plural], bauku [first-person, informal, possessive], baumu [possessive, second-person], baunya [possessive, third-person]
Rhymes: -au, -u, -au̯ Etymology: From Proto-Malayic *bau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, *bahuq. Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-mly-pro|*bau}} Proto-Malayic *bau, {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*bahu}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, {{m|poz-pro|*bahuq}} *bahuq Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=باءو}} bau (Jawi spelling باءو, plural bau-bau, informal 1st possessive bauku, 2nd possessive baumu, 3rd possessive baunya)
  1. smell (sensation) Categories (topical): Smell Derived forms: bau-bauan, bauan, baui, berbau, dibaui, membaui, pembau, sebau, terbau
    Sense id: en-bau-ms-noun-qhOmqyAe Disambiguation of Smell: 60 40 Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay entries with topic categories using raw markup, Malay terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Malay entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 15 Disambiguation of Malay terms with redundant script codes: 82 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /bau/ Forms: باءو [Jawi], bau-bau [plural], bauku [first-person, informal, possessive], baumu [possessive, second-person], baunya [possessive, third-person]
Rhymes: -au, -u, -au̯ Etymology: Clipping of membaui and baui. Etymology templates: {{clipping|ms|membaui}} Clipping of membaui, {{m|ms|baui}} baui Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=باءو}} bau (Jawi spelling باءو, plural bau-bau, informal 1st possessive bauku, 2nd possessive baumu, 3rd possessive baunya)
  1. (informal, transitive) to smell something Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-bau-ms-verb-EcWTTgiJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for bau meaning in Malay (3.6kB)

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      "tags": [
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      "form": "baumu",
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          "word": "bau-bauan"
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          "word": "bauan"
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          "word": "baui"
        },
        {
          "word": "berbau"
        },
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        },
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        },
        {
          "word": "pembau"
        },
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      "ipa": "/bau/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-au"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-au̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bau"
}

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        {
          "english": "I can't smell anything now because my nose is stuffy.",
          "text": "Saya tak boleh bau apa-apa sekarang sebab hidung saya tersumbat.",
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        }
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    "West Coast Bajau terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
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    {
      "word": "berbau"
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    },
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      "word": "pembau"
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "bau-bau",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-u"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-au̯"
    }
  ],
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}

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          "text": "Saya tak boleh bau apa-apa sekarang sebab hidung saya tersumbat.",
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    },
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    },
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    }
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}

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